Hog catcher and holder



p 1936- B. M. WASSENAAR HOG CATCHER AND HOLDER Filed July 25, 1935 Fflymi h MI WQSSWIdQW A ilomey Patented Sept. 1, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

holder, the general object of the invention being to provide a handle member having one end adapted to engage the snout of a hog and a spring-pressed substantially U-shaped member passing through the mouth of the hog so that by applying pressure to the handle member the device will hold the hog and permit the hog to be ringed, castrated or butchered.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device.

Figure 2 is a view showing the device in use.

Inthis drawing the numeral l indicates the substantially U-shaped handle member having the roller-like member 2 bridging the space hetween the upper ends of the limbs of the member and the lower end of the member being reduced and extended as shown at 3 and has a resilient tip 4 secured thereto. The end of this part 3 may be of any suitable shape though I prefer to make it of concave shape so that it will snugly engage the snout of the hog as shown in Figure 2.

A yoke-shaped member 5 has the extremities of its limbs pivoted to the sides of the member I as shown at 6 and at intermediate portions of the limbs of the member 5 is formed with the eyes I for receiving one end of the springs 8 and have their other ends connected with the sides o of the member I as shown at 9, these springs (01. 119-151) This invention relates to a hog catcher and tending to move the handle member downwardly when the yoke member is passed through the mouth of the hog as shown in Figure 1.

When the device is in the position shown in Figure 2 and the hog attempts to move forward- 5 ly, the device being held in the hands of the user while the user grasps the part 2, the handle member will straighten out thus applying pressure upon the snout and upper jaw which enables the user to easily hold the hog. The de- 10 vice can be used wherever it is necessary to hold the hog such as for ringing the hog, castrating or butchering it.

It is thought from the foregoing descriptionthat the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement 01' the several parts, pro- 2 vided that such changes fall within the scope of 0 the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A device of the class described comprising a substantially U-shaped member having a re'- 25 duced depending part at its lower end, a roller forming a handle, extending between the extremities of the limbs of the U-shaped member and supported therefrom, a yoke-shaped wire member having eyes at its ends, pivots passing 30 through said eyes into intermediate parts of the limbs of the first mentioned U-shaped member, said wire member having eyes formed intermediate the ends of the limbs and coiled springs each having one end engaging the last men- 35 tioned eye and means for fastening the other end of each spring to a limb of the U-shaped member above the pivotal point of the wire member.

BENJAMIN M. WASSENAAR, 

